Adoption Blog

Did anyone watch this? We did. And wow... what a great show. Watching the parents meet their babies for the first time was powerful.

My husband and I watched it. We pretty much sniffled our way through all of the parts with the adoptive families. What really amazed me was how calm and settled all the babies seemed to be after just a week with their new families. That reassured me a lot.

The rest of the show was also very interesting, though. China is going to have serious problems when those boys grow up. I've read that, historically, one tactic countries use to deal with a shortage of women is increased militarization, i.e. draft all the unmarried young men into the army and then find someone to invade.

I though this program was very good, for the limited time they had. I read on another chat group that the poster in the park isn't necessarily a good idea. If someone knows the family, it can bring them great shame.

My in-laws don't understand why we adopting from China. I plan to send them the tape because I think it did a good job providing basic information.

I missed this. Does anyone know if there is a tape available?

It will run again on June 26th.

I accidently put the message about how you can order a copy under the book recommendations.

Does anyone know when this show will air again? On Oprah yesterday they apparently said it would be back on January 9th on National Geographic, but NG is advertising something called the "Perfect Swarm on Explorer that night.

I also heard that it was going to be aired on January 9th...however, National Geographic is saying nothing about it. I did a search on google and found a website that said the video/dvd is going to be available on March 1st. We might have to wait until then.

Can you post the link for where to purchase the video? Thanks in advance.
Otis.

I just updated the post on the main page with the links to Amazon and B&N.

If you go to the National Geographics website you can buy the DVD and it will come in a couple of days. Here is the link http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/jump.jsp?itemID=1906&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C104%2C116%2C159%2C650&KickerID=583&KICKER

We have already purchased the China's Lost Girls DVD from Amazon. Disregard any information you see about a March 1, 2005 release date. It is quite excellent.

Thanks for the links and info on availability. I updated the post to reflect the new info.

I get hundreds of visitors from Google/Yahoo from people who do keyword searches for "China's Lost Girls." So I thought it would be helpful to keep the info updated. Thanks for the info...

i saw china's lost girls after many attempts trying to get the d.v.d. after seeing snippets of the show on Oprah. When I watched the show i was moved to tears. I am hoping to adopt from China, so it gave me some good insight. I always enjoy Lisa's stories but this had to be the best.